Watchman&#39;s recording device.



W. J. TIDD.

WATCHMANS RECORDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1917.

Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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WALTERJ. TIDZD, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO TIZDD RECORDING CLOCK'GOMPAN'Y,'OFSPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHITSETTS.

T0 all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER J. T1131), of the city of. Springfield, county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watchmens Recording Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toimprovements in watchmens recording devices which are used in. such establishments as manufacturingplants or department stores, where the watchmanis. requiredlto make regular inspection.tripsaboutthe building. These devices areusually located at convenient points about the buildings, and as, the watchman goes the, rounds he is required to register the time that he. makes the different trips.

An object ofv the invention is to provide a device that will accurately record the time that. these trips are made and one that cannot be tampered with without showing that unauthorized parties have interfered with the proper. workings of the device.

The invention, broadly, comprises a casing adapted to be.rigid l'y attached to. afixed support, Located within the casing is a clock of. suitable construction. Operable by the clock train is a suitabledisk of paper that is graduated intotWenty four equal partsto, represent the :hours in a day. Located adjacent this; disk is aperforating clevicefor engaging theedge of. the paper for indicatingthe time the inspection trips are made- A furtherobj ect of the inventionis to provide asuitable locking means for holding theoasing closed; during acertain period of time during the twenty four hours and at the-end of thatperiod permitting the same tobe opened and the diskofpaper removed. Another object of the invention is to provide suitable means for securing the dial to the operativepartof the clock.

Referring to the. drawings:

Figure 1-isan" endlelevational view showing-the outside-of the casing, which contains the clock movement, the casing being attached to a fixed support; the perforating knob'onv the exterior part ofthe casing is illustrated andalso the usual winding key;

Fig. '2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 showing the casing open and. illustrating the graduated dial, the spring device. for removably securing the dial in place and the movable disk Specification of Letters Patent.

WATCHMANS RECORDING DEVICE.

PatentedOct. 29, 1918.

Application fi1ed January 16, 1917. Serial No. 142,625.

having a out out portion for permitting the casing to be locked and unlocked to its fixed support Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 8 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows and conventionally showmg the supporting frame for the movement in outline and the spring actuated perforating device in full lines, the dial in end elevation and the operating means by which the dial is rotated, and the locking means for retaining the casing closed and for permitting it to be opened at stated intervals;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of a modification for retaining the casing locked to its support;

Fig. 5 is a front elevational'view of the construction shown in Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 isa detail view of the dial retaining spring; and

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view showing the perforating point passing through the graduated disk.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the casing in which the clock movement is contained is indicated at 1 and is preferably cup-shaped in cross section, as shown in Fig. 3. This casing is suitably secured'to a fixed support 2 by means of the hinge joint 3. Located within and secured to this casing is the usual clock-movement, the frame portion only of which is conventionally in dicated by the numeral 4. It should be noticed that the face end of the clock is turned toward a fixed support 2 for the purpose of leaving the outer end of the casing free from obstructions and to prevent unauthorized persons from interfering with the clock movement. The usual hour post of the movement is indicated at 5. Operated from this post by means of the pinion 6 is a gear 7 which carries a pinion 8. This pinion drives the gears 9 and 10. The gear 9 has secured thereto a disk 11 having a cut-out portion 12 of suitable length. The gear 10 has secured thereto the disk 13 which in turn carries the graduated dial 1 1 which is suitably secured to the post 5 by means of the spring clip 15 having the opening 16. The post 5 carries a pin 17 'which passes through the opening 16. 18 is the usual collar on the hour post. The cut out portion 12 in the disk 11 is for the purpose of permitting the post 19, having the downturned'end between the side plates of the clock is an expansion spring 26 which normally holds the perforating device 24 outward in its inoperative position. The graduated dial 14 passes through the fixed ring 21 and the perforated plate 27 which serves as a guide for the end of the perforator and prevents the graduated paper disk or dial from being torn. The perforator 24 is disengaged from the dial of course by the ring 21 as the perforator returns. The perforating rod 24 passes through an opening 21 in the ring 21 as shown in the detail view in Fig. 7.

It will be observed that when the cut-out portion 12 of the disk 11 is opposite the down-turned end 20 of the bracket 19 that thecasing 1 can be opened or closed, but as the clock train moves this disk forward that part of the disk which is not cut out will pass behind the part 20 of the bracket and hold the casing ermanently closed until the clock has run or a definite period, as for example twenty-two hours. The cut-out portion 12 represents a definite length or period, as two hours, and during this period that the cut-out portion is opposite the part 20 access can be had to the interior of the casing for the purpose of inspecting the dial 14 or for removing the same and putting a new one in place. It will be observed that the edge of the dial 14 is formed with suitable graduations or divisionmarks between the hours, as indicated at 28. The perforating device 24 is to be understood as perforating the paper on the median lines 29 whereby the time of perforation of the dial made by the watchman can be determined within a very few minutes by means of the fine graduations 28.

Referring now to the modifications shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In place of the disk 11 having the cut-out portion 12, a lever 30 is pivoted to the frame 4 at 30. This lever is actuated by a cam 31 on the disk 13. A spring 32 normally holds the lever 30 against the pin or stop 33. The outer endof the lever 30, when in looking position, engages a slot 34 in the post 35 and when in unlocking position as shown in Fig. 5 it engages the cam 31 which holds it in the position shown in this figure, whereby the casing 1 can be opened. The ring 21 is formed with an opening 214 to permit the bracket 19 or post 35 to pass. From this construction it will be seen that I have provided a locking device for a watchmans time clock that cannot be tampered with during the hours that the watchman should perform his duties, and that after these duties have been performed the clock casing is automatically unlocked and will permit the proper person to have access to the interior of the casing for the purpose of inspection and renewal of the graduated dial 14 as already stated. 36 designates a spring latch which engages a pin 37 in the upper side of the casin 1 and when the outer end of this latch is raised the casing 1 can be tipped forward in the position shown in Fig. 2 for inspection and access.

It will be observed that the dial carrying disk 13 is located within the ring member 21. It will also be observed that the ring member 21 is located adjacent the inner or open end of the one-piece inclosing casing 1 and adjacent the inner surface of the same. The present improvement embodies the idea of simplicity, in that the mechanism is all contained in a one piece inclosing casing.

What I claim is:

1. In a watchmans time recording device, the combination with an inclosing casing, means for pivotally attaching the same to a fixed support, said casing being cupshaped and turned toward the fixed support, a clock movement located within the casing, a graduated dial operated by the movement,

means comprising a perforating device mounted in and passing through the frame of the clock. and its inclosing casing to the outer rear side for operation at that side of the casing, and adapted to engage the outer edge of the dial for registering the time that the perforating device is operated.

2. In a time recording device, means for securing a graduated dial to the clock train and comprising a flat, one-piece bowed spring clip formed with an openin therethrough to receive the hour post of t e clock movement, and to permit the hour post and a pin on the hour post to pass through the opening in the clip, whereby when the clip is turned to a positlon so that the opening in the clip is out of register with the post and its pin, a dial will be clamped to the clock train.

3. A watchmans time recorder comprising, in combination with the movement of the clock, an inclosing casing having one end closed and the other end open, the open end being turned toward a fixed support, a pinion driven from the movement, a disk driven from the pinion and having a graduated dial secured directly thereto, and a perforating device consisting of a single rod operable from the outer closed end of the passing through the frame of the clock and and passing in front of a plate with an opening, said plate being spaced from said disk and to which the graduated disk is secured, a perforating pin, or device, slidably mounted in and passing completely through the frame of the clock movement and the casing and extending through the outer rear side of the casing to permit its being operated at that point for perforating the disk, said perforated plate serving to receive the point of said pin and to disengage the graduated disk from the pin after being perforated.

5. A watchmans time recorder comprising, in combination with a one piece cupshaped inclosing casing having its open end turned toward and secured to a suitable support, a clock movement located in the casing and having its face end also turned toward the fixed support, a ring or washershaped member secured to the movement and located adjacent the open end and adjacent the inner surface of the casing, a disk located within the ring member and driven by the clock train and supporting a graduated dial for recording purposes and bearing on the washer shaped member, means for perforating the graduated dial, comprising a spring actuated rod passing through and supported by the clock movement and extending to the rear or closed side of the casing to afford access for operation, and means comprising a perforated plate to receive the end of the dial perforating rod to disengage the rod from the dial after perforation and on its rearward movement to normal position.

WALTER J. TIDD.

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Washington, D. C. 

